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32 Saint Peter traditionally becomes first pope. (See 30 for more likely date)
33 Saint Peter became Pope (according to Roman Catholic tradition) (see 32)
67 Linus succeeds Saint Peter as pope.
154 Anicetus becomes pope. (approximate date)
307 Marcellus I becomes Pope.
336 Mark elected pope.
337 Julius is elected pope.
343 Council of Sofia establishes the primacy of Rome. The Pope becomes the leader of Christianity, and takes up residence in the Lateran.
384 St Siricius becomes Pope.
399 St. Anastius I becomes Pope succeeding Pope Siricius.
417 Zosimus succeeds Innocent I as Pope.
418 Boniface succeeds Zosimus as Pope.
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422 Celestine succeeds Boniface as Pope.
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432 Sixtus is elected to succeed Celestine as Pope.
440 Leo succeeds Sixtus as Pope.
461 Hilarius succeeds Leo as Pope.
468 Simplicius succeeds Hilarius as Pope
523 John succeeds Hormisdas as Pope.
526 Felix IV succeeds John as pope.
533 John II becomes Pope, succeeding Pope Boniface II, who had died in 532.
536 St. Silverius becomes Pope (probable date).
537 Vigilius is consecrated and enthroned as Pope, replacing Silverius.
556 Pelagius is elected Pope.
561 John succeeds Pelagius as Pope.
575 Benedict succeeds John III as Pope
590 St. Gregory I becomes Pope.
604 Sabinian is elected Pope to succeede Gregory I.
607 Boniface III becomes pope, but dies the same year.
619 Boniface V becomes Pope.
642 Theodore succeeds John IV as Pope.
654 Eugene I elected pope, after Martin I deposition.
654 Martin I arrives in Constantinople, where he is eventually deposed as pope by the emperor Constans II
657 Vitalian elected Pope.
672 Adeodatus succeeds Vitalian as Pope.
676 Donus becomes Pope.
686 Conon becomes Pope, succeeding Pope John V.
687 Sergius succeeds Conon as Pope
701 John VI succeeds Sergius I as Pope.
708 Constantine is consecrated Pope.
752 Stephen II, succeeded him as pope.
752 Stephen, elected pope, died three days after and is not considered legitimate.
757 Paul I succeeds Stephen II as pope.
847 Succession of Pope Leo IV, (847 - 855)
864 Louis II marches against Rome, but getting ill decides on making peace with the Pope.
885 Stephen V elected pope
939 Pope Stephen VIII becomes pope.
963 Leo VIII is elected Pope.
965 John XIII becomes Pope
996 Pope John XV dies before being able to coronate Otto III, King of Germany as Holy Roman Emperor. Otto resides in Pavia while waiting for the election of the next Pope.
1009 Sergius IV succeeds John XVIII as Pope.
1012 Benedict VIII becomes pope. Gregory is antipope.
1014 The Nicene-Constantinopolitan Symbol of the Faith is used for the first time during the Roman Mass after Henry II, the newly crowned Holy Roman Emperor, asked the Pope to add it together with the filioque clause. Prior to this date, the Creed was not used at all during the liturgy.
1024 John XIX succeeds his brother as Pope
1048 Damasus II appointed Pope.
1049 Leo IX becomes pope.
1084 Rome is besieged by the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV, and is then sacked by the Normans of Robert Guiscard, who intended to restore papal authority over the city.
1119 Callixtus II becomes Pope
1143 Celestine II is elected Pope.
1152 Church of Ireland acknowledges Pope's authority.
1153 Anastasius IV becomes pope.
1154 Nicholas Breakspear, the only English pope, is elected as Pope Adrian IV, succeeding Pope Anastasius IV.
1159 In the Roman Catholic Church, Cardinals are given the right of election of the Pope. Prior to this, the pope was selected by election by the clergy and congregation of the church.
1177 Treaty of Venice - Frederick I Barbarossa acknowledges Alexander III as Pope
1181 Lucius III becomes Pope.
1207 Pope Innocent III declares for Philip of Swabia as Holy Roman Emperor, a reversal of his previous support for Otto IV.
1215 King John of England makes an oath to the Pope as a crusader to gain the support of Innocent III.
1234 Pope called for a Crusade against Bosnia
1234 Pope replaced the Bogumil Bosnian Bishop with a Catholic Dominican German ''Johann''
1261 Urban IV becomes Pope, the last man to do so without being a Cardinal first.
1266 Niccolo and Maffeo Polo, brother and uncle of Marco Polo reach Kublai Khan's capital Khanbaliq (now Beijing) in China, setting the stage for Marco's famous expedition starting five years later. Kublai Khan sends the Polos back with a message requesting the pope dispatch western scholars to teach in the Mongol Empire; however, this request is largely ignored.
1268 Pope Clement IV dies; the following papal election fails to choose a new pope for almost three years, precipitating the later creation of stringent rules governing the electoral procedures.
1270 Crucial aspects of the philosophy of Averroism (itself based on Aristotle's works) are banned by the Catholic church in a condemnation enacted by papal authority at the University of Paris.
1276 Four different men are pope over the course of the year, as Popes Gregory X, Innocent V, and Adrian V all die in quick succession.
1276 Innocent V becomes Pope.
1300 Jubilee of Pope Boniface VIII.
1352 Innocent VI is elected Pope.
1362 Urban V becomes Pope.
1370 Gregory XI becomes Pope.
1406 Gregory XII succeeds Innocent VII as Pope.
1431 Eugene IV becomes Pope
1447 Nicholas V becomes Pope.
1498 Girolamo Savonarola, ruler of Florence, is executed for criticizing the Pope.
1506 January 21—Pope Julius II founded Swiss Guard to serve as bodyguards, ceremonial guards, and palace guards, which they continue to do until the present day.
1550 Julius III becomes Pope.
1555 Paul IV becomes Pope.
1566 Pius V becomes Pope
1605 Paul V becomes Pope
1680 Whigs organize pope-burning processions in London
1724 Pierro Orsini becomes Pope Benedict XIII
1800 Cardinal Barnaba Chiaramonti is elected pope as Pius VII.
1801 Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.
1878 Leo XIII becomes new pope
1900 Pope condemns Boer War
1903 Pope Pius X is elected Pope of the Roman Catholic Church.
1914 The Battle of Heligoland - British cruisers under admiral Beatty sink three German cruisers.
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1939 Cardinal Pacelli elected Pope and takes the name Pius XII
1958 Pope Pius XII dies.
1958 John XXIII is elected Pope.
1966 Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the Alvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb.
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1978 Pope Paul VI dies at age of 80.
1979 Pope John Paul II visits his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country.
1988 Roman Catholic Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre consecrates 4 bishops at Ecône for his apostolate, along with Bishop Antonio de Castro Mayer, without a papal mandate.
1995 Pope John Paul II canonized John Sarkander during his visit to Olomouc, the Czech Republic.
2001 Pope John Paul II sends the first papal e-mail from a laptop in his offi
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